General Skills Statistics

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 6 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£52,500	-4.54%	19,938 21.84%	7,469
Finance	3	Down -1 place-1	£67,500	-6.23%	11,777 12.90%	5,642
Inclusion and Diversity	14	Up 8 places+8	£55,000	-	6,706 7.35%	1,932
Banking	18	Up 14 places+14	£90,000	+8.76%	5,808 6.36%	1,510
Analytical Skills	29	Down -20 places-20	£54,396	-1.09%	4,735 5.19%	2,750
Marketing	41	Down -12 places-12	£45,000	-18.18%	3,941 4.32%	2,285
Public Sector	55	Up 31 places+31	£60,000	-	3,003 3.29%	1,403
Manufacturing	60	Down -37 places-37	£45,000	-14.28%	2,744 3.01%	1,113
Retail	62	Down -5 places-5	£55,000	+2.80%	2,663 2.92%	1,327
Law	75	Down -32 places-32	£60,000	+9.09%	2,226 2.44%	801
Legal	83	Down -20 places-20	£65,000	+13.04%	1,946 2.13%	1,123
Organisational Skills	105	Up 7 places+7	£38,250	-10.00%	1,600 1.75%	755
Telecoms	109	Up 29 places+29	£42,500	-5.55%	1,571 1.72%	651
Electronics	173	Down -106 places-106	£52,500	-8.69%	1,115 1.22%	460
Games	208	Up 4 places+4	£45,000	-18.18%	915 1.00%	357
Automotive	221	Up 116 places+116	£48,000	-9.43%	826 0.90%	412
Influencing Skills	223	Up 7 places+7	£75,000	+17.18%	824 0.90%	471
Aerospace	229	Up 104 places+104	£55,000	+0.37%	806 0.88%	483
Presentation Skills	232	Down -134 places-134	£58,500	+1.73%	785 0.86%	549
Advertising	283	Down -67 places-67	£45,000	-18.18%	616 0.67%	300
Pharmaceutical	291	Up 57 places+57	£60,000	+9.09%	590 0.65%	203
Local Government	320	Up 14 places+14	£50,000	+0.11%	521 0.57%	273
Multimedia	351	Up 241 places+241	£30,500	-15.27%	449 0.49%	408
Documentation Skills	363	Up 84 places+84	£55,000	+2.80%	434 0.48%	213
Financial Institution	366	Down -172 places-172	£85,000	-0.93%	427 0.47%	188
Back Office	370	Up 96 places+96	£57,500	-17.85%	419 0.46%	180
Billing	409	Up 86 places+86	£42,500	-22.72%	359 0.39%	277
Front Office	410	Down -241 places-241	£100,000	-13.04%	358 0.39%	128
Military	419	Up 8 places+8	£43,499	-24.46%	347 0.38%	220
French Language	433	Down -163 places-163	£45,000	-30.76%	325 0.36%	137
Aviation	448	Up 69 places+69	£60,000	+6.66%	309 0.34%	125
German Language	460	Down -194 places-194	£40,000	-44.82%	287 0.31%	141
Health Technology	517	Down -9 places-9	£60,000	-14.28%	215 0.24%	152
Tech for Good	545	Down -51 places-51	£70,000	+9.37%	183 0.20%	32
Publishing	550	Down -89 places-89	£52,500	-17.96%	178 0.20%	104
Investment Banking	565	Down -202 places-202	£91,000	-19.11%	163 0.18%	104
Police	595	Down -127 places-127	£57,500	+9.85%	131 0.14%	36
Spanish Language	605	Up 7 places+7	£50,000	-4.76%	121 0.13%	79
Social Housing	610	Down -19 places-19	£53,750	-10.41%	116 0.13%	87
Agriculture	626	Down -26 places-26	£45,000	-10.00%	100 0.11%	78
Digital Healthcare	645	Down -4 places-4	£60,000	-7.69%	81 0.089%	10
Digital Health	646	Down -11 places-11	£60,000	+9.09%	80 0.088%	98
Dutch Language	646	Down -32 places-32	£35,000	-	80 0.088%	45
Italian Language	652	Down -20 places-20	£55,000	-24.13%	74 0.081%	44
Portuguese Language	652	Down -12 places-12	£56,300	+60.85%	74 0.081%	34
Retail Banking	653	Down -116 places-116	£85,000	+1.70%	73 0.080%	22
Brand Awareness	655	Down -50 places-50	£55,000	+37.50%	71 0.078%	54
General Ledger	655	Down -66 places-66	£82,500	+14.59%	71 0.078%	43
Fire and Rescue	655	Down -32 places-32	£54,498	+5.16%	71 0.078%	38
Aeronautics	667	Down -53 places-53	£65,000	+29.85%	59 0.065%	15